Kevin McAleenan

Kevin McAleenan (5 September 1971-) was the acting US Secretary of Homeland Security from 11 April 2019, succeeding Kirstjen Nielsen.

Biography
Kevin McAleenan was born in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1971, and he practiced law from 1998 to 2001, when he joined the FBI following the 9/11 attacks. He worked for Customs and Border Protection under President Barack Obama before serving as its commissioner under Donald Trump. On 11 April 2019, he was appointed acting Secretary of Homeland Security after Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen's resignation, and he oversaw the detention of immigrant children without granting them access to showers or hot meals. In 2019, he seriously considered resigning due to feeling that his advice was often disregarded by Trump.